The Hive

[Jürgen Mayer]

Anyway, taking that road, yes you could compare it to Mage, though I would be happier with a Kult comparison =)

It could just be that I played too much Mage and not enough Kult =)

[Tyrant]

Shame on you Jürgen =)

But perfectly understandable given Kult's being out of print.. sorry I'm a huge fan of that game...

While I will agree on the similarities of Mage and The Hive, Kults view on reality is much closer... I'm somewhat inspired by it...

that being "Reality is an Illusion"  In the Hive's case though, Reality may be an illusion, but that doesn't make any less real..

In other words, though it's an illusion, so is EVERYTHING else, there is no "true" reality out there for the characters to discover

[Ron Edwards]

Lance,

This thread is starting to wander. Now that we know about the game, is there a specific question or design concern that you can present for discussion?

Best,
Ron

[Tyrant]

Lance? who dat?

Okay one major question:

Should I or should I not make Mythology (Of any kind) a central aspect of the setting?

In other words, I could make myth be the central point of the whole game or I could just use it as additional flavor...

I'd prefer the latter

[Garbanzo]

My vote:

Go mythic.  But I'm afraid I'm not understanding the question.  

It seems like mythology (especially a roving omnivorous mythology) would provide grounding and some common touchstones, preventing random surrealism.  From where I'm sitting, you're going to get more mileage, esp more horror mileage from having consistencies to violate, and terrible consistencies that you see looming, about to violate you (cf Sandman: The Kindly Ones).

The color text you posted seemed all about mythology:

...
The Hive simply is, it is the basis of our instincts and our emotions the root of who we are, who we were and who we will become. ..

But I think I'm missing the question.  If you cut out mythology (read by me to mean a complicated and meaningful set of relationships connecting the physical and metaphysical), then what's left?  What's the other option?

-Matt